Kangas Erkki
Graphic designer Erkki Kangas graduated from the Graphic Design Department of the School of Art and Design in 1972. In the years after graduation, Kangas worked as an AD in various advertising agencies until 1999, when he founded his own company, Advertising Agency Työmies . His clients were e.g. Oy Gustav Paulig Ab, North Trade Ab, Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency and Santa Maria Finland . Kangas is also known as a skilled caricature artist, and he is a founding member of the SKARPIT guild of Finnish caricaturists and cartoonists. Kangas’ caricature portraits always consist of a mini element associated with the subject.
The Erkki Kangas archive consists mainly of forms, advertisements, brochures and product catalogues designed for different companies. See the catalogue of the Kangas’ archive and explore the digitised material.
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- Peugeot advertisement series, Maan Auto (1983)
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- Coffee product catalogue 2006, Gustav Paulig
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- “Traces in the sands of Libya” A caricature of Muammar Gaddafi (2011)
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- Kodak poster (1981)